Let's talk: Arsene Wenger hopes to sort Van Persie's future before the Dutchman heads to Euro 2012

'We were 17th in the league and in the first seven games we had lost four of them. When you have played seven games, there are 31 to go. It's very difficult to imagine you can finish third.

'But we have had an exceptional run after our Champions League exit.

'I think if you look at the season as a whole in the last 16 games, we have lost only twice. We have created a fantastic run. In the end we finished with 70 points. That is respectable.'

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